(Arab Times) PARIS, Aug 9, (AFP): Iran has sentenced seven leading members of its Bahai reli- gious minority to 20-year jail terms, a spokeswoman for the French members of the faith told AFP on Monday.…
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31 Eminent Indians Call on the Iranian Government for Immediate Release of the seven Baha'i leaders (II)
Call for Immediate Release of the Seven Bahá’í leaders by the Iranian Government We, add our voices to the vast and growing numbers of individuals, agencies and governments the world over who out of a…
Only Democracy For Iran calls the International Criminal Court to action.
Only Democracy For Iran published an article in which it discusses the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court and its role in brining about charges of crime against humanity to the political leaders currently in…
Austrian Medical Professionals speak out for the Baha'i leaders (Yaran) in Iran
The Iranian medical professionals living in Austria, in an open letter to Mr Larijani, express their concern with the lack of due process in the recent trial of the seven leaders of the Baha’i community…
Baha'i leaders under pressure in the new prison.
Both Human Rights and Democracy Activists in Iran (http://hrdai.blogspot.com/2010/08/4-6.html) and Iran Press News (http://www.iranpressnews.com/source/081070.htm) are reporting on the arrival of the former Yaran at their new Raja’i Prison facility in the Gohardasht district [see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gohardasht]…
The Constitutional Party of Iran condemns the sentence of the seven leaders of the Baha'i community of Iran.
Lessons of unrelenting steadfastness Proclamation of the Constitutional Party of Iran We cannot pass over, merely with sympathy and condemnation, the sentence of the seven leaders of the Baha’i community of Iran. The Islamic regime…
The Board of Deputies of British Jews condemns the lack of due process in sentencing the 7 Baha'i Leaders in Iran.
Statement on the Situation of the Bahá’ís in Iran The seven Iranian Bahá’í leaders sentenced to 20 year prison terms are yet further victims of the Iranian regime’s flagrant disregard towards its human rights obligations…
Scottish Catholic leader condemns treatment of Iran’s Baha’i leaders
26 Aug 2010 (Baha’i News UK) — LONDON, 26 Aug – Baha’is in Scotland and throughout the UK have welcomed a statement issued by Cardinal Keith O’Brien, Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh and head…
UN panel criticizes Iran’s repression of minorities
(30 August 2010 BWNS ) GENEVA — A United Nations panel of experts has expressed concern over Iran’s continued repression of ethnic and religious minorities, including members of the Baha’i Faith. In conclusions issued last…
The “We are Yaran” Campaign of Letter writing in defense of Seven Prisoners of Conscience in Iran
(26 Aug. 2010 – HRA) As you are aware seven Baha’i leaders have been incarcerated since April 2008. They we held for months in solitary confinement and then in very difficult physical condition for about…
Global support intensifies for Iran's seven Baha'i leaders
26 August 2010 GENEVA (BWNS) — An increasing number of governments, human rights groups and prominent individuals are raising their voices against the harsh prison sentences handed down earlier this month to Iran’s seven Baha’i…
Canada urges the people of the world to speak for turth: http://free7bahais.ca
In early August 2010, after over two years of detention, Iran’s 7 Baha’i leaders were sentenced to 20 years prison. Considering the advanced ages of several of these spiritual leaders, the Islamic Republic of Iran…
Seven Baha’i Leaders Given Harsh Prison Sentence
Seven leaders of Iran’s Baha’i community were sentenced to twenty years in prison by a Revolutionary Court in Tehran on 7 August 2010. Although they have done nothing more than peacefully practice their religion, they…
A Baha’i’s Plea For Understanding
August 21, 2010 By Christopher Schwartz Throughout the Muslim world, Baha’is are routinely subjected to systematic derision in the form of elaborate conspiracy theories. Hostile political, religious, and media figures portray Baha’is as a secretive…
Brother's pain over Iran jailing
IRANIAN Behrouz Tavakkoli is a father of two, psychologist, carpenter and social worker. He has spent much of his adult life working with the physically and mentally handicapped — “a real angel”, in the words…
MRG concerned by reports of lengthy jail sentences for Iranian Baha'í leaders
17 August 2010 Minority Rights Group International (MRG) is deeply concerned by reports indicating that seven Iranian Baha’í leaders have each received jail sentences of 20 years. The seven prisoners are Fariba Kamalabadi, Jamaloddin Khanjani, Afif Naeimi,…
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